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***Official Galaxy Nexus Pre-Release speculation thread**

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Namrak said:
Me too just saw another rezound commercial....gotta admit it wasn't that bad...
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ehhh... slightly better than whatever that Razr commercial is supposed to be about. Gotta give it to the fruit company... they really understand how to mass market and resonate with consumers - VZW clearly does not.
 
gapi said:
27976!!
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Not even :D:p

Oh, what the, did you ninja edit or did I misread it as 27975?

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IgnatiusXIX said:
Try TNT. Return of the King is in full on battle mode. Doubt you'll see those commercials over there. Besides (spoiler) Pats win ;)
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don't care who wins:p Just relaxing after my first day of snowboarding for the season and having a beer:D


Would have been nice to have the Gnex today for some panoramic pics.
 
Trent Reznor said:
ehhh... slightly better than whatever that Razr commercial is supposed to be about. Gotta give it to the fruit company... they really understand how to mass market and resonate with consumers - VZW clearly does not.
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Just because you don't like to fight robots and cut light posts in half doesn't mean VZW doesn't know how to market to their consumers! :D
 
gapi said:
Heh! I keep hearing the term "Zero Shutter Lag". Its not as much as we are used to in a phone but not Zero either. Not even DSLR cameras have Zero shutter Lag. And I know some will want to say its just a figure of speach but.......

Below this shutter comparison chart is an auto focus spec also. I shoot a 50D

[FONT=&quot]Shutter Lag [/FONT][FONT=&quot](press-to-capture, pre-focused)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Camera[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Time (seconds)[/FONT]​


[FONT=&quot]Canon EOS 50D[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.02[/FONT]​


[FONT=&quot]Nikon D90[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.03[/FONT]​


[FONT=&quot]Pentax K20D[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.04[/FONT]​


[FONT=&quot]Sony Alpha DSLR-A350[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.08[/FONT]​


[FONT=&quot]AF Acquisition [/FONT][FONT=&quot](press-to-capture, no pre-focus)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Camera[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Time (seconds)[/FONT]​


[FONT=&quot]Nikon D90[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.17[/FONT]​


[FONT=&quot]Canon EOS 50D[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.19[/FONT]​


[FONT=&quot]Sony Alpha DSLR-A350[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.21[/FONT]​


[FONT=&quot]Pentax K20D[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.28[/FONT]​



The Canon 50D scored an impressive single-point AF lag time of 0.131 sec. The auto-area AF wasn't much slower, as 0.174 second.


Pre-focused, the Canon 50D managed a very impressive 0.063 second lag time.​



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Off Topic - The thing I don't like about Canons is that I can't use the LCD screen to take shots. It is black, so I am forced to use the viewfinder. In what I do, not a photographer, having my face pressed up against the camera would not be the best option. I need to see what is going on around me. Maybe it is just a settings thing, and I can't find it in the menu.
 
off topic: where is the link to learn how to do "show" or is there a quick tutorial?

I had someone once say that New England was a state by New York. Almost dropped my beer laughing. They wre serious too.

on topic: I take pictures of food all the time, so the feature of focus will be very helpful with Neopolitan (my SGN).
 
nj02vette said:
Your question is easy to answer.

Because most of the technology wasn't available, or they used superior technology that you don't recognize as such.

1. Zero Lag is an improvement anyway you slice it. Those in the "know" prefer a better lower MP camera than a lousy higher MP camera. Does the average consumer know? Probably not, it's thier loss. There's a ton of people who think a 1.8L turbo 300hp car that gets 15/25mpg is much more efficient than a 6.2L 436hp that gets 18/26, because it's a smaller engine. Stupid is as stupid does.

2. Processor - 1.2GHz OMAP 4460. Honestly, I do agree that this should be 1.5GHz. I myself have OMAP samples running 1.5GHz. Why they chose 1.2, I have no idea, perhaps it was for battery life. But I assure you there was a reason, it's not done because they are trying any trickery. Keep in mind, that this processor was selected almost a year ago when the design started. It takes close to a year to design a phone to market. This is what they picked, and this was the best it could do. Do you honestly expect them to scrap the design because there may be something better, and have to start all over from scratch. Design decisions are made long before, and you have to live the the consequences of such.

3. The average consumer may be more familiar with HDMI, but not micro-HDMI either. Most are acustomed to the fact that they'll need a special cable. The point you miss is MHL is HDMI, but with extra features, like being able to charge your phone while playing back a movie, something that is seriously lacking in HDMI only cables. While you complain about it, know that most newer phone will be coming with a MHL port in the future. Micro HDMI isn't going to be supported anymore. Consumers will get used to it, much like display port, and much like they got used to HDMI instead of component.

4. Why not the HD SAMOLED+ screen? It's simple, Samsung can't manufacture it yet. They can't print a 316dpi screen in full RGB. The decision was to use AMOLED, and this was the best they could do.

5. SD storage. This is pure Google's decision. Nexus S doesn't have SD card either. You either live with thier decision here, or you move on. No further explanation necessary.

Honestly, I don't care if this phone looks great on Spec sheets. What I care about is the end result. Your argument about incremental improvements is somewhat off base, whether average consumers will recognize that is anyone's guess. This is Google's development phone. In short time, there will be phones that blow the GNex out of the water. ICS is the star here, along with hardware that is quite good.

The part you're missing is the design aspect where decisions are made many months ago. Not only are they designing a new phone, but a new OS as well, so some of the hardware choices had to stagnate to get a stable OS build. That's the way it works in the industry. I think they did the best they could given the constraints.
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"Because most of the technology wasn't available, or they used superior technology that you don't recognize as such."

this line pretty much states it's as perfect of a phone as it could be. c'mon
I get the various excuses why the technology is arguably incrementally superior. (I do recognize it as such). But to make such a blanket statement, you know it can't be true. Not every piece of technology on any phone could ever be either the best available or superior.

also, it's not about what I recognize or what you recognize. as you say what the average consumer will recognize is anyone's guess. well there's nothing much else on topic to discuss in this thread, besides football games and names for your phone, so let's guess at it. let's discuss it. it's fun and it pertains to the phone, the only thing we do know about it, which is the specs.

even you have admitted in your post that it should be 1.5 for example. And saying it doesn't have SD take it or leave it, well, that's not acknowledging a basic design limitation.
 
rafier said:
off topic: where is the link to learn how to do "show" or is there a quick tutorial?

I had someone once say that New England was a state by New York. Almost dropped my beer laughing. They wre serious too.

on topic: I take pictures of food all the time, so the feature of focus will be very helpful with Neopolitan (my SGN).
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Use hide tags [ hide ] Your text here will be hidden [ / hide ]

Don't put the spaces in


Edit: I was slow in typing and someone else beat me to the explanation
 
Trent Reznor said:
don't care who wins:p Just relaxing after my first day of snowboarding for the season and having a beer:D


Would have been nice to have the Gnex today for some panoramic pics.
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Nice! Slightly jealous over here. Can't wait to hit the slopes this season. This is the year I attempt to get the daughter up on a board!
 
im still rocking a lg envy touch.the gnex will be my first smartphone.i currently have a unlimited data/msg plan that verizon no longer offers.will i be able to grandfather this plan to the gnex?
 
rafier said:
off topic: where is the link to learn how to do "show" or is there a quick tutorial? ...
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Use [ HIDE ] [ /HIDE ] tags but without the extra spaces. On the right end of the toolbar in the create message window, there is an icon (looks like a capital H) that you can use to insert the tags.


Edit: ninja'd by several, and we blow by 28000 at the same time
 
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